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ecdereus's review against another edition
3.0
Op zich een goed boek, verhaald met gebruik van een nogal aparte woordkeuze en vreemde wijze van uitdrukken; ik weet niet of dat deels aan de vertaling ligt of dat dat ook in de oorspronkelijk Engelse versie zo is. Wel laat de vertaling hier en daar wat te wensen over: enkele zinnen lopen niet goed en soms wordt als persoonsvorm 'hen' gebruikt in plaats van 'hij' of 'zij'. In het begin is het boek ietwat lastig te begrijpen omdat sommige terminologie niet helemaal duidelijk wordt verklaard, maar naarmate het verhaal vordert raak je er steeds meer in.
3½ ster
3½ ster
secondhandpages's review against another edition
5.0
My reread of this novel on audiobook made this an easy 5 stars. The narrator was exquisite!
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Without a doubt one of the best books of 2019! Slow burn romance, fast paced adventures, queer characters and so much sass! I'm not one to really think villians are creepy but HOLY WOW! The villian in this novel is chill worthy! The unique magic system was intriguing and fantastical, pulling you deep within the story. I am on edge waiting for the next installment! 4/5 stars!
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Without a doubt one of the best books of 2019! Slow burn romance, fast paced adventures, queer characters and so much sass! I'm not one to really think villians are creepy but HOLY WOW! The villian in this novel is chill worthy! The unique magic system was intriguing and fantastical, pulling you deep within the story. I am on edge waiting for the next installment! 4/5 stars!
drsilverfox's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
hannahinpages's review against another edition
1.0
I just finished this book and everything about it has already left my memory because of how dull and mediocre it was
queenbae's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
staticmemories's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alyssa_simard's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
anagram's review against another edition
1.0
Before anything, I should admit: I only picked this up because it had "crow" in the title. I love birds very much, corvids and raptors especially, and Six of Crows is my favorite book series ever. So how could anything that involved crows be displeasing?
I suppose I set myself up for disappointment.
Here's the thing: I knew I wouldn't like it pretty much from the second page. It was listing all the castes and their birthrights, which was all well and good until I saw "vulture", and then, as the corresponding birthright, "hunting". Yes, my friends, you read that correctly. Vultures were identified with hunters. Unbelievable, I know.
The beautiful bird you see above is a turkey vulture. Look at it! Does that look like a hunter to you? Does its bald head, which is specifically adapted to scavenge things that are already dead, look like the head of a hunter? Does its stomach acid, which is so acidic that vultures can eat carrion other animals would consider rancid, seem like the stomach acid of a hunter? Do those huge nostrils, which help vultures find things that are, once again, already dead, look like the nostrils of a hunter?
Vultures are scavengers! They scavenge! The closest a vulture will come to hunting is snapping a fly out of the air because who wants a fly buzzing around their head!
On a related tangent, can we please stop villainizing vultures? Vultures are awesome! They're nature's clean-up services! They're super smart! And most of all, they're completely misunderstood. And a lot of them are endangered due to the stigma surrounding them. So let's show vultures some respect! And stop treating them like spooky evil hunting monsters!
So. Treatment of vultures aside, this was still not a good book. The worldbuilding wasn't awful---it was actually pretty interesting in some ways---but not interesting enough to hold my attention. The characters did not feel real at all, and I literally could not have cared less about anything that was going on. To be honest I skimmed most of the book.
My recommendation is, if you're here because you're a) a bird lover, or b) a Six of Crows lover, find another book.
I suppose I set myself up for disappointment.
Here's the thing: I knew I wouldn't like it pretty much from the second page. It was listing all the castes and their birthrights, which was all well and good until I saw "vulture", and then, as the corresponding birthright, "hunting". Yes, my friends, you read that correctly. Vultures were identified with hunters. Unbelievable, I know.
The beautiful bird you see above is a turkey vulture. Look at it! Does that look like a hunter to you? Does its bald head, which is specifically adapted to scavenge things that are already dead, look like the head of a hunter? Does its stomach acid, which is so acidic that vultures can eat carrion other animals would consider rancid, seem like the stomach acid of a hunter? Do those huge nostrils, which help vultures find things that are, once again, already dead, look like the nostrils of a hunter?
Vultures are scavengers! They scavenge! The closest a vulture will come to hunting is snapping a fly out of the air because who wants a fly buzzing around their head!
On a related tangent, can we please stop villainizing vultures? Vultures are awesome! They're nature's clean-up services! They're super smart! And most of all, they're completely misunderstood. And a lot of them are endangered due to the stigma surrounding them. So let's show vultures some respect! And stop treating them like spooky evil hunting monsters!
So. Treatment of vultures aside, this was still not a good book. The worldbuilding wasn't awful---it was actually pretty interesting in some ways---but not interesting enough to hold my attention. The characters did not feel real at all, and I literally could not have cared less about anything that was going on. To be honest I skimmed most of the book.
My recommendation is, if you're here because you're a) a bird lover, or b) a Six of Crows lover, find another book.
davechua's review against another edition
4.0
Some very interesting world building, though the story isn't that original.
threemorechapters's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0